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Recent developments on carbon dioxide removal: Increasing policy support but governance issues remain

Law Columbia

Support for carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is growing globally. Governments are, it seems, beginning to listen to the growing chorus of scientists who have warned that deploying CDR is essential to avoid catastrophic climate change. By Carolina Arlota and Korey Silverman-Roati. o C above pre-industrial levels.

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Africa loses 34% of GDP at 1.5° warming, ‘grim’ new report concludes

A Greener Life

Countries across Africa could lose 14% of their per capita GDP to climate change by 2050 and 34% by 2100, even if average global warming is held to 1.5°C, C, according to a report released this morning at this year’s UN climate conference, COP 27 , in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo credit: Anouk Delafortrie / Twitter.

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Science takes centre stage at COP26

Physics World

However, the optimism was dented when a report released yesterday from Climate Action Tracker , which monitors the impact of national climate policies, found that current commitments will lead to global warming of at least 2.4°C That is well above the Paris agreement, designed to keep warming as far below 2°C as possible.

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Carbon removal using ‘blue carbon’ habitats “uncertain and unreliable”

Frontiers

The findings of their review, published today in the journal Frontiers in Climate , identify seven reasons why carbon accounting for coastal ecosystems is not only extremely challenging but risky. These include the high variability in carbon burial rates, vulnerability to future climate change, and fluxes of methane and nitrous oxide.

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Good News—and Bad—about Fossil Fuel Power Plants in 2023 

Union of Concerned Scientists

In 2021 alone, the plants slated for retirement emitted more than 28,000 tonnes of nitrogen oxides (NO x ), 32,000 tonnes of sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and 51 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), according to EIA data. A recent study found that more than 99 percent of the global population is exposed to unsafe levels of PM 2.5

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What is COP26 and why does it matter? The complete guide

A Greener Life

For almost three decades, world governments have met nearly every year to forge a global response to the climate emergency. Why do we need a Cop – don’t we already have the Paris agreement? This year is the 26th iteration, postponed by a year because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and to be hosted by the UK in Glasgow. Why is 1.5C

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Dutch Elections: Energy and Climate Considerations

Energy and Climate Law

Positions of the Parties on Energy and Climate Themes Climate Targets and International Cooperation Most parties think that the current climate agreements (Paris Agreement and the Dutch Climate Agreement ) should stay in force (VVD, CDA, D66, PvdA) or that the targets should even be set higher to 55 or 60% in 2030 (GL, SP, CU, PvdD).